Dark History: Where The Darkness See’s The Light19 Feb 2025

S4 E3 The Zannanza Affair: Egypt’s Ancient Murder Mystery

Send us a text. Thank you for your messages I really appreciate it 😁

A foreign prince was about to become Pharaoh of Egypt—until he vanished. The Zannanza Affair is one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the ancient world, a tale of power, betrayal, and murder that history tried to erase.

After the death of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, his widow, Queen Ankhesenamun, made a shocking plea to Egypt’s sworn enemy—the Hittite Empire. She begged their king to send his son, Zannanza, to marry her and rule Egypt. This was unheard of. Egypt never allowed foreign rulers to sit on its throne. Yet, against all odds, the Hittite prince set out on the journey of a lifetime. But he never arrived. Somewhere along the way, he was killed.

Who was behind this assassination? Was it the ambitious Egyptian chancellor, Ay, who sought power for himself? Was it the ruthless general, Horemheb, determined to keep Egypt under native rule? Or was it a sinister plot by the Hittites themselves? His death led to war, shifting the balance of power between two mighty empires and leaving behind a trail of blood and unanswered questions.

In this episode of Dark History, we unravel the mystery of the lost prince, the desperate queen, and the deadly game of politics that shaped the fate of Egypt. Could Zannanza have escaped? Was his death an act of war or a cover-up? And why did this incredible story fade into obscurity while Tutankhamun’s tomb became world-famous?

Join us as we travel back over 3,000 years to uncover the truth behind The Zannanza Affair. 🎙️⚰️🔎

👉 Don’t forget to subscribe and leave a review—it helps more dark history lovers find us!

Support the show

*** Patreon link https://patreon.com/Darkhistory2021?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_link ***

Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/dark-history?ref_id=36220

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/darkhistorypod?mibextid=LQQJ4d

Discord https://discord.gg/3mHPd3xg

Email: darkhistory2021@outlook.com

Tiktok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLSvwJJV/

YouTube :https://youtube.com/c/DarkHistory2021

Twitter: @darkhistory2021

Instagram: @dark_history21

Denne episoden er hentet fra en åpen RSS-feed og er ikke publisert av Podme. Den kan derfor inneholde annonser.

Episoder(129)

Exhibit XIII: The Great Thunderstorm of Widecombe

The museum doors open once more, traveller, and tonight I invite you into a room where the sky itself became the killer. On an ordinary Sunday afternoon in 1638, the people of Widecombe-in-the-Moor ga...

8 Jul 11min

S5 E13 The Paraguayan War — The Nation That Bled to Death

The Paraguayan War | When an Entire Nation Was Destroyed The Paraguayan War (1864–1870) remains one of the deadliest and most devastating conflicts in modern history, yet few people have ever heard of...

1 Jul 44min

Exhibit XII: The Skin That Walked Away

The museum doors open once more, traveller, and tonight I invite you into a room filled with old warnings and older fears. Long before newspapers, police reports, and history books, stories were passe...

24 Jun 8min

S5 E12 Albert Fish — The Boogeyman

Albert Fish — The Boogeyman How does a human being become a monster? In this disturbing episode of The Dark History Podcast, Rob explores the life and crimes of Albert Fish, one of the most infamous s...

17 Jun 32min

Exhibit XI: The Little People

The museum doors creak open once more, traveller, and tonight I invite you into one of the strangest rooms in my collection. High above the city of Edinburgh, hidden within the slopes of Arthur's Seat...

10 Jun 13min

S5 E11: Gloomy Sunday — The Hungarian Suicide Song

Gloomy Sunday — The Hungarian Suicide Song Could a song really drive people to take their own lives? In 1933, a struggling Hungarian pianist named Rezső Seress composed a melancholy melody that would ...

3 Jun 23min

Exhibit X: The Servants' Annihilation

Step quietly, traveller, and enter one of the darkest chambers of the Dark's Travelling Emporium. Behind the glass of Exhibit X lies a single brass earring, recovered from the yard of Eula Phillips in...

27 Mai 11min

S5 E10: Mysteries of the Sumerians — The Cradle of Civilization

Mysteries of the Sumerians — The Cradle of Civilization Who were the Sumerians, and how did a people living more than 5,000 years ago create the foundations of the modern world? In this fascinating ep...

20 Mai 40min